Natty Greene's Buckshot Amber Ale

After a long day in the field or on the job, sit back with this easy-drinking amber ale. Buckshot is highlighted by roasted toffee and caramel notes, making it a smooth, sessionable ale.
Buckshot is brewed using six different malts and mild American hops giving it a sweet but balanced flavor.

171 reviews

Greensboro, United States

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3.2 Bottle... Pours clear and dirty-orange with a small, white head. Toffee and bready notes, along with a port/golden raisin-like ester are the aromatic highlights. Light-bodied with zippy carbonation. The flavor is medium-roast malty and very well-balanced. Crisp, clean, refreshing finish. Well done. Good amber ale. Bottle courtesy of Tinkerbell!

2.7 Pours clear amber with white head. Aroma of caramel, grass, and toffee. Flavor of caramel with grass. Nothing really else. Bitter lingers. Palate is thin like water. Its ok

4.1 Outstanding Amber / American pale ale. I see it’s listed as an amber, but it to me, it definitely drank like an APA. I enjoyed two pints of this beaut on draft at Sugar Creek in Nags Head. The beer poured a bright and clean copper color with an ample off-white head. The head laced nicely around the inside of the glass. The nose was very inviting with plentiful notes of fresh, spicy and bold hops. The flavors followed suit, with a ton of full and bold happiness. There was also plenty of bready and biscuit flavored malts. The finish was smooth and slightly creamy with more fruity and spicy hops. Really nice ale!

3.2 Nice caramel color with a fair amount of carbonation and bubbly white head. Nice aroma of roasted nuts and toast. Palate is full slight even bitterness.

1.7 Aromas are slightly fruity, stale bread, corn, crackers. Clear copper with a somewhat lasting off-white head. Mostly dry, a little fruity, corny. Light bodied.

3.0 bottle. clear amber. caramel aroma. an fullish but drinkable palate with proper carbo level. the flavor is cereal grains and caramel, although not oxidized.

3.4 On tap at the brewery. Pours a mostly clear amber with a thin white head. Caramel and malt on the nose, a bit of sweetness. Medium bodied, grainy with some malt and a touch of crackers and bitterness. Slow earthy bitterness into the finish.

2.3 I feel bad about the low score, but it is what it is. Poured from a bottle, small head, slightly cloudy amber color. Aroma isn’t bad, sweet, but the taste isn’t great, skunky, sour, and a filmy finish.

2.9 Drank at Natty Greene’s on tap in a pint glasses. Pours a nice dark amber color with decent head and little carbonation. Has a slight smell of bourbon. Tastes like an average amber with a slight taste of bourbon, a well done amber!! Possibly my highest rated amber brew!

3.2 Really good brew by the greensboro crew. Amber ale that is medium color and has a full bodied taste. Smooth taste

3.1 Bottle. Very pretty amber with not much of a head. Heavy candied caramel notes in the nose. Flavor is caramel, burnt sugar, autumn leaves. Not bad.

3.0 From site: A full-bodied amber ale with a rich, smooth flavor, just the right balance of hops and notes of caramel and toffee.

4.5 Draft at carolina alehouse in Durham airport. Color is a solid amber coloration. Deepred brown. Head is big and frothy. Floral aroma, fruity baby food, peach aroma. This is hands down my favorite amber. I dont like the style, but I like that this one is sweet. This reminds me of an alchol based peach sweet tea that isn’t overly sugary and has a good malt overtone. Although not typical for its style, it has a wonderful balance fpr what it is. Medium light body, well carbed, keeps its head, beautiful color, flavorful. Great beer. Wish I had some in texas. No bad aftertaste and not too strong. Good solid amber without being a typica amber. Love this beer.

3.3 Draft - Caramel on the nose. Clear amber with a decent head. Caramel, light hoppy bitterness and a nice finish. Basic, but well done.

3.1 2/1/2015. From bottle. Amber with a white head. Caramel and light fruit aromas. Sweet fruity flavors with hints of toffee. A bit bland, middle of the road brew.

3.1 12 oz bottle. This was enjoyed at home in Columbia, SC. The ale poured an amber color with off white head. Malt and bread is detected on the nose. The ale had a medium body with average carbonation. This is a refreshing beer that is easy to drink. Smooth finish with caramel malts lingering in the last swallow.

2.8 Very sweet malty smell, taste is smooth and malty, low hops, good flavor, slightly sweet

2.9 Bottle: Deep amber, thick, off-white head. Caramel, red apple-peel aroma. Caramel malt, fruit, a little toast and wood in the flavour. A bit watery... Just OK.

2.3 Pours thin white, bubbly and quickly disappearing head, copper body with some lacing. Strong aroma of malt, some caramel with some low fruitiness. Taste is somewhat sweet with nice bitterness.

3.2 This poured an.orange color with a white head. Aroma of citrus, grass and caramel. Flavor was similar, green and.grassy and.some.sweetness

2.2 Bottle from Food Lion. Pours clear amber with a small off white head that dissipates very quickly. The aroma has pretty much just caramel from the malt, slightly toasty. The taste is light bread and biscuit. Not special.

3.5 12 oz. bottle. Pours a nice copper color, with a medium, bubbly, tan head. The aroma is toffee, juniper, almonds, raisins, and some light cardamon. Sweet flavor throughout, with just a touch of bitterness. Medium body, thick, and a little crisp and harsh. This is a pretty good, malty amber ale. Not overly deep or complex, but solid, well-made, and crisp.

2.2 Poured from 12 oz bottle a crystal clear amber, forming a fine off white head. Aroma that of a restrained flowery hop character and a touch of caramel malt. Not much after that. Flavour waffles of floral hops, carmel malt, just a hint of sweetness. Blah....

3.4 Nice amber ale with mild taste and appearence.

3.2 Appearance: coppery brown, with light beige head, average lacing. Aroma: caramel, toffee, light toast. Taste: malty and toasty, with caramel, light brown sugar, slight woody character. Finish: clean and crisp, lingering toasty notes. Notes: A malty amber, not much in the way of hops, easy drinking. NoVA Brewfest 2014.

2.8 Bottle pour a nice amber brown with little to no head. Aroma of sweet caramel and toffee. Taste of same sweet toffee with a hint of hops that makes for a clean finish. Med body with a lively carbonation. Overall sweet amber that is pretty easy to drink.

2.7 Asheville, NC - Bruisin’ Ales - 12 oz bottle. Medium copper pour, light off white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is pretty much neutral, trace of mineral water. Flavor has some very faint nutty accents, a wee wisp of caramel, some hard candy sweetness. Mouthfeel is kind of dull. Not feeling it on this one.

2.2 On Tap at the Ruddy Duck Tavern in Morehead City NC. This beer pours a deep amber with a thin head of off white bubbles. Nose is medium malt and a bit of grain and maybe a bit of a metallic hint. Taste is medium roasted malt and just a bit of metallic tang. The body is quite thin.

2.9 It poured a dark amber color with a white head. The aroma was of light herbs with some maltiness. The taste was lightly roasted malts with some bitter roastiness.

2.5 Some malty junk. Amber pour with ok head and lacing. Life’s a **** and then you die. On tap at DC Summerfest.